The economic governance program supports work in three areas: 
1) Democratizing global and regional governance structures to ensure that the international financial institutions and bodies, such as the G20, are representative and accountable. 
2) Democratizing global and national policy-making in the areas of finance, economics and trade to ensure that the financial system serves “real economies” in environmentally–sustainable ways that respect the rights of poor and vulnerable groups and women.
3) Supporting the engagement of citizen’s groups in developing countries in areas 1 and 2, above, including through the encouragement of public education and capacity-building.
 
Particularly in light of the on-going financial and economic crises, it is important to critically analyze global economic and financial governance arrangements and identify the ways that these arrangements are failing to protect and serve society and ecology.